#Operarara
“A major undertaking that does Puccini and Puccini devotees proud.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to George Hall at BBC Music Magazine for this wonderful five-star of our latest recording

Read the reviews: https://ow.ly/6uY651047w3

Order your copy: https://ow.ly/OTKh51047w2

#Puccini #OperaRara #Opera
November 12, 2026 at 7:15 AM
A wonderful evening celebrating Dame Joan Sutherland’s centenary at La Stupenda: The Voice of the Century, with Opera Rara artists Ellie Neate and Soraya Mafi performing! ✨

Congratulations Tait Memorial Trust on a memorable celebration!

📸 (c) Hannah Images

#OperaRara #JoanSutherland
November 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Spotlight on Mattia Olivieri who features in bonus extracts from the 1919 version of La rondine, where Prunier was originally written for a baritone!

Hear his radio interview and watch our quartet clip, now with 226k+ views!

🎧🎬💿: https://linktr.ee/operarara

#OperaRara
November 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The opening of Puccini’s La rondine (1921 version), performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Carlo Rizzi. A beautiful glimpse of the orchestral colours that set the scene for an enchanting opera.

💿 Order: https://ow.ly/5sMI5103Iw9...
🎧 Stream: https://ow.ly/Nnet5103Iw8...

#OperaRara
November 10, 2026 at 7:15 AM
A wonderful response to La rondine (final 1921 version)! ✨

Since its release, our world-premiere recording of Puccini’s final 1921 version has been receiving some lovely reviews from across the music press.

https://ow.ly/qQtE5103Jrj

#OperaRara #LaRondine #Puccini #Opera
November 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
La Rondine #Puccini
Just purchased one and it's a wonderful recording, indeed!!

Brava Ermonela Jaho🕊️

Bravi Maestro Rizzi,
Iván Ayón-Rivas, Juan Francisco Gatell, Nicola Alaimo,
the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers,

+ tutti at #OperaRara

#opera
@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social
A wonderful response to La rondine (final 1921 version)! ✨

Since its release, our world-premiere recording of Puccini’s final 1921 version has been receiving some lovely reviews from across the music press.

https://ow.ly/qQtE5103Jrj

#OperaRara #LaRondine #Puccini #Opera
November 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
🎶 Mattia Olivieri features in bonus extracts from the 1919 version of Puccini’s La rondine, included in our new release exploring the opera’s fascinating musical history! 💜

🎧 Pre-Save: https://ow.ly/m7NQ50ZX7jK

💿 Order: https://ow.ly/zwEe50ZX7jO

#OperaRara #LaRondine #Puccini
October 26, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Opera connects. 💜🎭

This #WorldOperaDay we're celebrating how social media brings rare opera to new audiences. Here are six performances you've loved — which is your favourite?

Help us share more: https://opera-rara.com/get-involved/

#OperaConnects #OperaRara
October 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Exciting news! 🎶 Donizetti Songs Volumes 5, 6, 7 & 8 have passed initial vetting for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album in our For Your GRAMMY® Consideration campaign! @recordingacademy.bsky.social

#OperaRara #Grammys
October 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🎶 Baritone Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook join BBC Radio 3's In Tune today, ahead of their Oxford International Song Festival recital on 16 October! Oxford International Song Festival

📻 Listen from around 5pm: https://ow.ly/u5un50ZXcqu
🎟️ Tickets: https://ow.ly/BexW50ZXcqt

#OperaRara
October 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🐶🎶 Barkouf in the press!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Times and Sunday Times “It is highly enjoyable entertainment.”

“The happy ending” for Offenbach’s long-lost operetta: theartsdesk Arts Review Hub & Seen & Heard International. 💜

Discover upcoming events: https://ow.ly/xrKQ50ZWbZi

#OperaRara #Barkouf
October 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM
So: what did I think of Offenbach’s “Barkouf” @operarara (in no order)?

Wonderful
Absurd
Outrageous
Audacious
musically gorgeous
Unfettered by good taste
Surreal
Bizarre
Structurally catastrophic
Performed to perfection
Imaginatively wild
Mischievous
Anarchic
Barking mad

#BarkoufDay
October 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🐶 It’s Barkouf day!

From the recording studio to the stage, we’ve loved bringing Offenbach’s never-before-recorded opera back to life.

Join us today at 4pm at The Bridgewater Hall!
🎟️ https://ow.ly/zO4P50ZUghf

#Barkouf #Offenbach #OperaRara
October 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🎶 Excited for Opera Rara’s new recording of Puccini’s *La rondine*? Hear the full recording tonight on BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) Opera on 3, 3 October at 6pm.

🎧 https://ow.ly/PXGT50ZTYfC

💿 Pre-order: https://ow.ly/w7hw50ZTYfB

#Puccini #LaRondine #OperaRara
October 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Everyone loves Barkouf… well, almost everyone. 🐶😂

Rare opera, very niche drama. 🎭🐕

https://opera-rara.com/event/offenbach-barkouf

#Barkouf #Offenbach #OperaTok #RareOpera #OperaRara
September 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🎭 Two weeks to go until Celebrating Offenbach!

Join us at the @natoperastudio.bsky.social on 6 October for an evening of Offenbach, featuring François Piolino & Philippe Talbot from Opera Rara’s Barkouf recording & artists from the NOS

🎟️ More info & booking: https://ow.ly/ucLN50ZPIk6 🎭
#OperaRara
September 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🔥 A spectacular ending from Lawrence Brownlee in Donizetti’s Odi, Elisa, quest’è l’ora!

One of the many rediscoveries from Opera Rara’s Donizetti Songs Project. 🎶

Volumes 1 & 2 are available now to buy and stream: https://ow.ly/9MlM50ZMFvl

#Donizetti #OperaRara
September 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
POV: you just discovered Opera Rara… 👀 Welcome to the family! 🥂🎭

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Sxmk_r4gOZQ
Purchase CD, MP3 & more:
https://opera-rara.com/shopcatalogue/semiramide-2

#OperaRara #ClassicalMusic
September 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🔥 PRE-SAVE NOW! 👀

Another incredible voice: Ermonela Jaho performing “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” from Puccini’s 'La rondine'. ✨

Following last year’s @barbicancentre.bsky.social concert, our recording is released 30 October.

🎧 Pre-save: https://ow.ly/iqMF50ZKnzH

#OperaRara #Puccini
September 8, 2026 at 6:01 AM
🌊🎶 Donizetti’s Amor marinaro - Nicola Alimo with Carlo Rizzi at the piano.

Watch the full concert now, free on YouTube and available all weekend!
https://ow.ly/Rrzo50ZGqsF

This brings our Summer Stream Concert Series to a close after 10 weeks!

#Donizetti #OperaRara #SummerStreams
August 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
August in review 🎶

Read the newsletter: (https://ow.ly/yQ8350ZFb0s)

And join our mailing list to stay up to date: [Join our mailing list](https://ow.ly/wb5H50ZFb0r)

#OperaRara #Opera #ClassicalMusic
August 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Most people can’t sit through a whole video but This one is worth staying for…or saving for later! 👀

Albina Shagimuratova & Nicola Alaimo perform Scena e Duetto from Donizetti’s L’esule, bringing this rare piece back to life.

What did you think?

#OperaTok #Opera #Donizetti #Classical #OperaRara
August 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🎶 Lucrezia Tacchi performs Depuis qu’une autre a su te plaire from our Donizetti Songs Project. This November, the project continues at the Donizetti Opera Festival.

💿 All eight volumes: https://ow.ly/kxT850ZER9J

#Donizetti #OperaRara
August 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Our Summer Stream series comes to a close! ❤️
Join Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi & Hetty Snell for a special recital from Wigmore Hall
🎶 Nicola sings Donizetti’s playful “Era notte e la campana”.
📅 28–30 Aug | Free
🎟️ Reserve: https://ow.ly/rObk50ZzNcC
#OperaRara #Donizetti
August 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
We’re loving the response to our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi’s Le siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival this week — and that we witnessed it!

🎧 Hear Carlo conduct Michael Spyres in “Venise, ô ma patrie”: https://ow.ly/a5uK50ZzMC2

#OperaRara #Rossini #CarloRizzi
August 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM